Fisher Strait

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Fisher Strait
SouthamptonIslandCloseup.png
Connects waters Evans Strait
with water Hudson Bay
Separates land mass Southampton Island
of land mass Coats Island
Data
Geographical location 63 ° 0 ′  N , 84 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 63 ° 0 ′  N , 84 ° 30 ′  W
Fisher Strait (Nunavut)
Fisher Strait
length 100 km
Smallest width 70 km

The Fisher Strait is a strait in Nunavut ( Canada ) that separates the two islands of Southampton Island (in the north) and Coats Island (in the south) in the north of Hudson Bay . The strait in the Canadian-Arctic archipelago is 100 kilometers long and 70 kilometers wide. To the east of the strait is Evans Strait and to the southwest is the open Hudson Bay.

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